What does Judges 15:16 Mean?

Context Summary

To how low a depth had the men of Judah descended, that they should hand over their champion to their hereditary foes? The northern tribes that arose at the call of Gideon rebuked such cowardly treachery. There are things worse than defeat or death. To forfeit honor, to shirk duty, to fail in the supreme call of friendship and loyalty-these are the crimes that belittle the soul and court disgrace. What shall it profit, though we gain the whole world, if we lose our souls?

How inspiring is the thought that on us also the Spirit of the Lord may come mightily! There is no limit to his gracious and irresistible operations, save that imposed by the narrowness of our faith. Notice how the Apostle piles up his words in Ephesians 1:19. Whatever the cords of evil habits, woven through long years, and however entangling your circumstances, God's indwelling power can set you free. Yes, and that is not all: At the place where you have won your victories, there shall arise that fountain of water which is fed from the throne of God; and the soul, exhausted by its effort, shall drink and be revived. Lord, cause us so to drink! [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 15

¹  Samson is denied his wife
³  He burns the Philistines' corn with foxes and firebrands
⁶  His wife and her father are burnt by the Philistines
⁸  Samson smites them hip and thigh
⁹  He is bound by the men of Judah, and delivered to the Philistines
¹⁴  He kills them with a jawbone
¹⁸  God makes the fountain En-hakkore for him in Lehi